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Los Angeles Kings win 1st Stanley Cup, defeat Devils in Game 6
LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Kings' 45-year Stanley Cup quest ended in a triumphant flurry of blood, sweat and power-play goals. After missing two chances to claim the title last week, the long-suffering Kings are NHL champions for the first time.
Hooray for Hockeywood.
Jeff Carter and Trevor Lewis scored two goals apiece, playoff MVP Jonathan Quick made 17 saves in his latest stellar performance, and the Kings beat the New Jersey Devils 6-1 Monday night in Game 6 of the finals, becoming the first eighth-seeded playoff team to win the league title.
Captain Dustin Brown had a goal and two assists for Los Angeles, which ended its dominant postseason run before a frenzied bunch of its heartiest fans incessantly waving towels and glowsticks. The crowd included several dozen Kings faithful who have been at rinkside since the team's birth as an expansion franchise in 1967, waiting for one glimpse of the Stanley Cup.
After taking a 3-0 series lead and then losing two potential clinching games last week, the Kings finished ferociously at Staples Center just when the sixth-seeded Devils appeared to have a chance for one of the biggest comebacks in finals history.
One penalty abruptly changed the tone of the series. Brown, Carter and Lewis scored during a five-minute power play in the first period after Steve Bernier was ejected for boarding Rob Scuderi, leaving the veteran defenseman in a pool of blood. Quick took it from there, finishing a star-making two months by allowing just seven goals in six finals games.
"You never know. You get to the dance, you never know what's going to happen," Brown said. "We calmed down after losing two. It was the first time we had done that all playoffs, and we finally got off to a good start."
Martin Brodeur stopped 19 shots for the Eastern Conference champion Devils, just the third team to force a Game 6 in the finals after falling into an 0-3 hole. Rookie Adam Henrique ended Quick's shutout bid late in the second period after the Kings had built a 4-0 lead, but Lewis and Matt Greene added late goals for the Kings.
"We never lost our confidence," Quick said. "We had to take it on the chin to keep moving, losing two, and we looked at it as, 'Hey, we still have to win one game to win a championship. And we have two chances.' Finally, we were able to do it at home."
The Kings went 16-4 after barely making the playoffs, eliminating the top three seeds in the Western Conference in overwhelming fashion as they matched the second-fastest run to a title in modern NHL history. Although the Devils gave them a little trouble, the Kings took down every opponent in their path after an inconsistent regular season.
"Every single guy worked so hard for us this season," said defenseman Drew Doughty, who began the year as a contract holdout and finished with six points in the finals, including two assists in the clincher. "Everyone deserves this. We got used to each other, we developed a chemistry, and we just went sailing from there."
Los Angeles boasted a talented, balanced roster that peaked at the absolute perfect time under midseason coaching hire Darryl Sutter. Brown, just the second American-born captain to raise the Cup, accomplished what even Wayne Gretzky couldn't do in eight years in Los Angeles.
Quick added one more dominant game to his run, setting NHL records for save percentage (.946) and goals-against average (1.41) among goalies who played at least 15 postseason games. Brown capped his own impressive playoff work by finishing with 20 points, tied for the postseason scoring lead with linemate Anze Kopitar.
Brown accepted the Cup from NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman and skated straight to center ice with it, triumphantly thrusting it skyward and kissing the silver. Brown handed it off first to Willie Mitchell, the 35-year-old defenseman who had never won the Cup, and he gave it to long-injured and recently returned forward Simon Gagne, who nearly tripped before raising the Cup for the first time.
The stone-faced Sutter smiled broadly at his first chance to raise the Cup, and general manager Dean Lombardi even took a turn after declining it twice. Later, Justin Williams sat his crying daughter in the Cup, and Kopitar raised it while wearing a gold crown on his head.
After a dominant 12-2 tear to the Western Conference title, the Kings won the first two games of the finals in overtime by identical 2-1 scores in New Jersey, leading many to assume another one-sided series victory was upcoming. Los Angeles then flattened the Devils 4-0 in Game 3, but missed its first chance to clinch on home ice when Henrique scored the tiebreaking goal with 4½ minutes left in New Jersey's 3-1 win in Game 4.
The Devils then beat Los Angeles 2-1 in Game 5, earning another cross-country trip after becoming the third team in NHL history, and the first since 1945, to win twice after falling behind 0-3 in the finals.
"You don't give yourself a lot of room for error, finding yourselves in a pretty deep hole," Devils captain Zach Parise said. "It's hard, but we really felt like could get back in this and force a Game 7. We did give our best, but we just came up a bit short, unfortunately."
The Kings were the West's bottom seed after failing to clinch a playoff berth until right before their 81st game, but only because they underachieved for much of the season. Their talent finally came together under Sutter, who replaced the fired Terry Murray shortly before Christmas and turned Los Angeles into a contender by late February.
Five years after the Anaheim Ducks won California's first Stanley Cup, the Golden State's oldest team raised the second. The Kings also are the first team to win the Cup at home since those Ducks, and their fans appreciated the Hollywood touch.
Despite coming off their first back-to-back losses of the playoffs, the Kings started with impressive energy in Game 6, getting most of the good early scoring chances -- and then they got the break they needed when Bernier pushed Scuderi headfirst into the boards behind Quick's net. Scuderi stayed motionless for quite a while, eventually heading to the dressing room after leaving plenty of blood from his lacerated nose.
Bernier, a 27-year-old journeyman and depth forward with two goals in 24 playoff games this season, went to the locker room. The Devils complained Jarret Stoll received no penalty for checking Stephen Gionta into the boards between the benches a moment earlier.
"I wish I could take that play back," said Bernier. "I didn't want to hurt my team. I wanted to help them. This is extremely hard. It's been a long playoff run for us. To finish on that note, it's not fun for sure. But there's nothing I can do now."
The Kings then went to work on a power play that nearly measured up to the Miracle on Manchester -- the famed 1982 playoff game in which Los Angeles rallied from a 5-0 deficit in the third period against Edmonton with a dynamic power play.
Brown scored 53 seconds in, slickly redirecting Drew Doughty's low pass in front for his first goal since the Western Conference finals opener. Brown's physical play and goal-scoring in the first-round series against Vancouver set a tone for the entire playoffs, but New Jersey had effectively shut him down until Game 6.
Carter then scored his seventh goal of the postseason after Brown walked the puck out of the corner and fired a shot at Brodeur's glove side while skating away from the net. The midseason acquisition has been a dependable scorer ever since he was reunited with longtime Philadelphia teammate Mike Richards on the Kings' second line.
With the Los Angeles crowd on its feet, the Kings added another as rookie Dwight King ferociously drove the net and left a rebound for Lewis, who tucked it home for his first goal in 18 games. Staples Center was deafening for the rest of the first period, and Los Angeles went up 4-0 just 90 seconds into the second when Brown found Carter unchecked in the slot for a one-timer.
NOTES: The Kings are the first team to clinch the Stanley Cup on their home ice since the Anaheim Ducks did it five years ago. They're also just the second No. 8 seed ever to make the finals. Edmonton lost in seven games in 2006. ... Only four Kings had previously won the Stanley Cup -- Dustin Penner, Scuderi, Justin Williams and Colin Fraser, who didn't contribute much to Chicago's 2010 run. ... David Beckham, Matthew Perry, James Gandolfini, Alyssa Milano and My Chemical Romance attended the game. My Chemical Romance's "Welcome to the Black Parade" has become the black-jerseyed Kings' unofficial anthem after its incorporation into a clever pregame video featuring photos of several Kings as kids.


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No major accidents reported
As rain changed over to snow, crews were prepared to treat the roadways.
The changeover from rain to snow happed around 8 p.m. Tuesday. Road conditions depended on location Tuesday night. Main arteries seemed well-treated but residential streets remained covered.
Some drivers said they were ready for spring.
Crews said they were unable to pretreat the roads because any salt would have washed away with the rain. The main focus was plowing as snow fell.
"All you can pretty much do is plow. We keep the curves and the intersections treated as much as possible but salt has no effect on snow like this," Ohio Department of Transportation manager Shane Jones said.
"As soon as they plow it, it instant(ly) covers right back up (again)," driver Troy Senay said.
But Senay said he didn't mind the snow because it meant money. He planned on plowing several parking lots overnight.
Other drivers said they were avoiding the roadways altogether.
Still, there were no major accidents reported because of snow or slick roads Tuesday night.

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There were two big stories in the world of performance-enhancing drugs, both released on Tuesday. One involved Alex Rodriguez, Nelson Cruz, Melky Cabrera, and other baseball players being listed in the records of a shady clinic in Miami, Fla. The other involved Ray Lewis receiving a deer antler spray containing a banned substance from a shady clinic outside Birmingham, Ala. Maybe you haven't closely followed either story, maybe you don't know the exact evidence, or the timeline of the allegations, but I'm fairly certain you at least realize these were two separate scandals.
There's at least one full-time sportswriter in America who's still confused.
Nate Rider, of The Daily News in Batavia, N.Y., wrote a column on Alex Rodriguez. (Lede sentence, so you know what you're getting into: "Once a cheater, always a cheater and Alex Rodriguez has evidently made it clear that he fits this persona with the utmost grandeur.")
He can deny it all he wants - even hire a lawyer in an attempt to save face, which he has - but his name is being associated with a number of know users, Melky Cabrera and Bartolo Colon to name two, which are allegedly mentioned numerous times in ledgers from the Miami-based anti-aging clinic Biogenesis that supposedly supplied athletes with PEDs.
Fine so far...
Even the Baltimore Ravens' Ray Lewis has been accused of being associated with this clinic and its chief front man Anthony Bosch, as well as professional golfer Vijay Singh.
Ray Lewis and Vijay Singh have not been associated with Biogenesis and Anthony Bosch. They've been associated with S.W.A.T.S. and Mitch Ross. The baseball players in Biogenesis's records received numerous banned substances, including HGH and synthetic testosterone, over the course of many years. The athletes tied to S.W.A.T.S. received the "Ultimate Spray," containing the growth hormone IGF-1, and in Lewis's case, he ordered it this past October.
And lest you think this was a typo or a single oversight, Rider continues to go all in on Rodriguez's PED use.
Noticeably past his prime and overpowered at the plate by average pitchers, Rodriguez batted .272 with 18 HRs and 57 RBI in 122 games. And he made $29 million for that 'performance.' All the while he batted .116 in the playoffs with no round-trippers and three batted in. And we all remember his repeated benching in last year's postseason, when all Yankee fans were clamoring for, yes, Eric Chavez.
So, somewhere along the line A-Rod turned to deer antler spray, which is exactly as it sounds.
It seems almost cruel to point out that those weren't Rodriguez's playoff stats at all.
RIDER: A-Rod still a cheater [The Daily News]
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Provider-Initiated Regular Remote Interventions for Optimal Type 2 Diabetes Care
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01920256
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : August 9, 2013
Last Update Posted : November 2, 2018
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Patients with type 2 diabetes can attain superior disease outcomes if multiple therapy goals are simultaneously achieved and maintained. In reality, therapy goals are seldom achieved, and patients become susceptible to devastating complications and greater health care expenses. Studies have shown that regular monitoring and therapy adjustments are a prerequisite to achieving and maintaining therapy goals. Unfortunately implementation of regular monitoring and therapy adjustments have been hindered by high clinic workload and shortage of endocrinologists. Due to this shortage, endocrine care is accessible to less than 20% of patients with type 2 diabetes. The overwhelming majority are managed by providers who may lack the necessary expertise or time to deliver optimal disease management, particularly when insulin is prescribed.
Objectives: We hypothesize that type 2 diabetes endocrine clinics for high-risk patients that complement primary care, personalize the frequency of remote disease interventions and employ infrequent face-to-face outpatient visits, will achieve comparable clinical outcomes and patient satisfaction compared to usual endocrine clinic care, while reducing workload and increasing the clinic capacity. The intervention clinic will employ regular remote communications initiated by the endocrinologists, based on tailored individual plans. Frequent remote monitoring and interventions will reinforce attainment of the therapy goals and allow a decrease in the frequency of outpatient visits. In turn, the clinic workload will decrease and it will be able to accommodate more patients with type 2 diabetes than traditional endocrine clinics. The aims of the study are to test this new endocrine clinic model in a clinical trial by monitoring clinical parameters, patient satisfaction and clinical workload. The long-term objectives are to modify the current model of endocrine care for patients with type 2 diabetes.
|Condition or disease
|Type 2 Diabetes
|Other: Remote, personalized type 2 diabetes care. Other: Usual Endocrine care.
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|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|60 participants
|Intervention Model:
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|Provider-Initiated Regular Remote Interventions for Optimal Type 2 Diabetes Care
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|August 2013
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
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|Actual Study Completion Date :
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Experimental: Personalized type 2 diabetes care.
Remote, personalized type 2 diabetes clinic provided by an endocrinologist using frequent remote contacts for medication adjustments.
Other: Remote, personalized type 2 diabetes care.
Diabetes and comorbidities will be managed with 1 clinic visit per year and frequent adjustments made remotely.
Active Comparator: Usual Endocrine Care
Usual Endocrine care will be provided by an endocrinologist.
Other: Usual Endocrine care.
Diabetes and comorbidities management will provided by an endocrinologist
- Change in baseline A1C (glycated hemoglobin) at 12 months [ Time Frame: 12 months ]Measure of long-term blood glucose control and efficacy of intervention
- Change in baseline lipids at 12 months [ Time Frame: 12 months ]Measure of total cholesterol, LDL, and Triglycerides
- Change in baseline blood pressure at 12 months [ Time Frame: 12 months ]Systolic and diastolic blood pressure
- All cause mortality [ Time Frame: 12 months ]Record deaths due to any cause
- Acute complications [ Time Frame: 12 months ]Cardiovascular events, cerebrovascular events, peripheral vascular events, limb ulcers and amputations, severe hypoglycemia, and other unscheduled emergency department and hospital visits
- Change in baseline Quality of life at 12 months [ Time Frame: 12 months ]Short Form-36
- Change in baseline insulin satisfaction at 12 months [ Time Frame: 12 months ]Insulin Therapy Satisfaction Questionnaire
- Clinic retention [ Time Frame: 12 months ]Missed visits, missed phone calls, lost to follow up and drops outs will be recorded for both groups
- Cost [ Time Frame: 12 months ]Resource utilization and cost for both groups
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Men or women aged ≥18 years of age;
- Clinical diagnosis of type 2 diabetes (as defined by the American Diabetes Association 2);
- Treated with insulin or at least two diabetes medications;
- Have A1C ≥8.0% and ≤11.0%;
- Able and willing to use telephone or other sorts of communication regularly between clinic visits.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Do not speak English;
- Unwilling or unable to provide informed consent;
- Have any condition associated with life expectancy of less than 3 years;
- Have an active mental illness or substance abuse
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01920256
|United States, Michigan
|University of Michigan Health System
|Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, 48109
|Principal Investigator:
|Israel Hodish, MD, PhD
|University of Michigan
|Responsible Party:
|Israel Hodish MD PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Michigan
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|First Posted:
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|Last Update Posted:
|November 2, 2018
|Last Verified:
|October 2018
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|Experimental group patients informed of A1C results.
Insulin therapy
Type 2 diabetes
Diabetes Mellitus
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
Glucose Metabolism Disorders
Metabolic Diseases
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Conscience Exemption for Me but Not for Thee
April 8 issue column on the fight for religious freedom in America.
President Obama's mandate compelling Catholic institutions to provide contraception, sterilization and abortion-inducing pharmaceuticals has drawn far greater support from the Democratic Party leadership (and those who agree with its party platform) than I would have expected, given the obvious challenge it poses to First Amendment rights.
It is truly shocking to watch elected officials like the House minority leader, Nancy Pelosi (a self-identified Catholic), Sen. Barbara Boxer, Rep. Maxine Waters and Sen. Frank Lautenberg back this policy.
It is alarming to watch them aggressively disregard or deny millions of religious believers a broad religious exemption that will shield them from a law that forces them to violate their consciences. Waters actually characterized opponents of the mandate as "demons."
Well, I warn them and their constituents: Do they really want to go down this road of banning conscience exemptions?
Think about it. How many of them embrace the right of conscientious objection when it comes to war?
During times of mandatory military service, conscientious objection is a true saving grace. If one is convinced, based on one's faith in particular, that a war is wrong, he or she has the option to not participate.
I could fill this page with the words of Catholic monks and priests who publicly defended that right during the Vietnam War, from Thomas Merton to the Berrigan brothers. They were heroes for taking their courageous and correct stand.
Those who self-identify as liberals need to pause to realize that the Catholic Church, as an institution, has consistently advocated this right:
The Second Vatican Council issued a Declaration on Religious Freedom, affirming that Catholics are first duty-bound to faithfully follow their consciences, not the dictates of a government, and that no person should be "forced to act in a manner contrary to his conscience."
The Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World states that governments cannot compel a citizen to engage in military service if that person is convinced that physical combat is sinful. The Church condemns "blind obedience" to unjust regimes that commit unjust actions.
Since the Second Vatican Council, popes, bishops and Catholic theologians have repeatedly reaffirmed these positions. During the Vietnam War, the U.S. bishops issued major documents supporting both universal and selective conscientious objection.
Generally speaking, the Catechism proclaims, "Citizens are obliged in conscience not to follow the directives of civil authorities when they are contrary to the demands of the moral order." Quoting the New Testament (Acts 5:29), the Catechism states: "We must obey God rather than men."
Indeed, though I've cited Catholic teaching, millions of non-Catholic Christians follow these principles when it comes to war, from Quakers to the Amish to Mennonites. And huge numbers of secular nonbelievers adamantly endorse these teachings on conscience and war.
Conscientious objection is a precious right in this nation. It must remain so.
Have "abortion rights" become so sacred to millions of people that they are willing to sacrifice conscience exemptions at the altar of Roe v. Wade? Do they really want to head down this road?
I suggest they stop and think hard about what they're advocating.
Unfortunately, modern, secular "progressives" are so dedicated to "women's reproductive rights" that they will happily ignore the inconsistencies in their position, accepting, or at least tolerating, a double standard.
They'll smile and take their wartime conscientious objection — trumpeting the First Amendment's freedom of religion — and then on a dime deny conscience exemptions for people of faith on abortion policy.
Nat Hentoff, the well-known "pro-life liberal," had a saying about liberals and their inconsistency on free speech: "Free speech for me but not for thee." It looks like they're demanding the same double standard for conscience protection: "Conscience exemption for me but not for thee."
Paul Kengor is professor of political science at Grove City College.
His books include The Judge: William P. Clark, Ronald Reagan's Top Hand (Ignatius Press) and
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Buddhists certainly have ghost stories. These restless or "hungry ghosts" (pretas) have an entire section of the ancient texts devoted to them called the Petavatthu. These ghost stories (a counterpart to stories of celestial planes called the Vimanavatthu) tell tales of karma and its result. They will be recognizable to the Western as rewards and punishments for well and ill done deeds.
- Real paranormal activity: laghost.com
- Investigating the paranormal (Patt Morrison)
The danger of making contact with ghosts is that they are very needy and clingy, even parasitic. To interact with them is somewhat like feeding a cat and expecting it to go away afterwards. To help, as for example to benefit lost relatives one misses and worries about, an offering may be made in their name. This skillful karma is the doer's alone. However, if the ghost approves and applauds the act, that very act of approval is a mental deed that benefits the doer, that is to say, the ghost.
That having been said, for the most part exonerating ghosts, there are malevolent beings:
Whereas later schools often simplify Buddhist cosmology down to six worlds (depicted in this Tibetan thangka), the Buddha in fact detailed 31 Planes of Existence.
In Buddhism the difference (and this is a central yet woefully neglected point that non-meditating scholars fail to appreciate) is that this pantheon of "mythological" creatures is verifiable. The same is true of entities in Buddhist physics and psychology (Abhidharma), such as:
- elementary particles (kalapas)
- consciousnesses or thought-moments (cittas)
- the factors of Dependent Origination
How? With the power of jhana one turns attention toward them and the unseen becomes visible. Because these things are so far removed from normal awareness, however, they are hard to believe in. Therefore many scholars and most Western Buddhists choose to regard all such things as quaint myths and philosophical speculations rather than real and literal things that can be known directly.
On the other hand, (attention Goths) anyone morbidly obsessed with sadness, suffering, loss, or pessimism would do well to avoid wallowing in negativity for a day to dress up as a bright faerie, a loving bodhisattva, or even a repugnant Teletubby.
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- anxieties
- impulses
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- trickiness (when we don't get treats)
- obsession with celebrity
- fear of disease and death
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- crime
- sex symbols
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- killing (even under the banner of war)
- stealing (defrauding people and institutions)
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Military advisor to the Italian Prime Minister visits ESRIN
Admiral Alessandro Picchio, military advisor to the Italian Prime Minister, visited ESA's ESRIN establishment today.
The office of the military advisor supports the Prime Minister in dealing with national defence organisations and with issues concerning space politics within the Presidency of the Council of Ministers.
Dr Volker Liebig, ESA's Director of Earth Observation Programmes and Head of ESRIN, welcomed Admiral Picchio and presented ESA's programme and activities for Earth observation (EO), with special reference to ESA's Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) initiative.
As an example of ESRIN's expertise in managing payload operations, Admiral Picchio was shown ESRIN's payload operations control centre for EO missions.
At the end of the visit, he was also given an overview of the Vega programme, the European small launcher, which will be able to place 300-2000 kg satellites into orbit, and whose project team is hosted at ESRIN.


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new earrings!
I've slowly been adding in pieces from my Fall line, including several new colors in my small, geo post earrings. Here are a few currently new in the shop!
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those black ones are mine for fall. love them!ReplyDelete
Love all the colors. It's so hard to choose!ReplyDelete
Aack, I love ALL of these! Too many amazing colors to choose from :)ReplyDelete
Love the color palette :) I'm always a big fan of your work.ReplyDelete
i love these--they are so pretty yet simple :)ReplyDelete
Beautiful colors, I love the simplicity and beauty of your work.ReplyDelete
Oh wow. Love them a lot. I almost want to eat them. Not that I ever eat jewelry...or non-food items in general...but they look like candy to me. Delicious.ReplyDelete
really beautiful!ReplyDelete
love the colours!ReplyDelete
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When the word "strawberry" comes to mind, rancid, puss-filled, and gunk-ridden are not typically close behind. truth, the largest national youth smoking prevention campaign, is trying to change that.
Since February 2000, truth has been devising creative ways to educate teens on the harmful effects of smoking cigarettes. "Unsweetened truth," the most recent campaign launched in March of last year, focuses on the 45 flavorings found in tobacco products. Though flavored cigarettes are illegal in the U.S., tobacco companies still use fruit flavoring such as strawberry, apple, and grape, to enhance other tobacco products.
In August, truth released a mobile game, Flavor Monsters, as part of the campaign. Players work to defeat the Flavor Monsters, putrid, vilified versions of fruit. The creatures are supposed to represent the added flavorings in tobacco, and a field manual that contains data on the monsters and tobacco-related facts accompanies the game.
In addition to Flavor Monsters, truth is breaking into the toy industry with hand-painted sofubi vinyl toys by Luke Rook, creator of Grody Shogun. The collectible toys are based on the characters in the Flavor Monsters mobile game, including the mini-breed strawberry, the mini-breed wild apple, and the Honey Buzzer, the largest Flavor Monster of them all. Each monster comes in multiple colors.
The figures are available for purchase at truth's 45 Flavors interactive booth at select gaming conventions nationwide. The Flavor Monsters are also being integrated for sale online at lulubelltoys.com.


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2012-04-02: Information Station Column
National Library Week Specials:
April 9-14
· Amnesty (no fines) for any overdue book you return, no matter how long it's been out. Books seeking amnesty must be presented at the circulation counter.
· 50% off existing fines on books that have previously been returned.
· Library Logo Design Contest: Winning logo will earn $50 in Chamber Bucks.
· Free replacement library cards: usual replacement fee of $2 will be waived
· Answer our daily trivia questions to enter prize drawings Monday – Friday, 3 winners per drawing.
· Complete a library scavenger hunt to enter a prize drawing (15 winners will be drawn).
· All entries from the trivia and scavenger hunt games will qualify for a grand prize drawing of $50 in Chamber Bucks.
Daily events:
Monday, April 9: Kids' Day – the first 100 children to visit the library on Monday will receive special goodie bags.
Wednesday, April 11: Authors' Day – Meet author Jane Kurtz in the children's section from 2-4pm. Author Bret Lott will be speaking in our northeast meeting room from 3:30-5pm.
This promises to be a fun week – stop in and join the activities.
Book Review:
Jael McHenry's The Kitchen Daughter was a novel I just could not put down. Maybe it intrigued me that the main character has some Autistic tendencies – maybe that was it – but whatever it was – it caught me and I was hooked! This novel is a touching story about family, loss, and how to deal with both! Ginny is the adult daughter left alone when both of her parents are killed unexpectedly. She knows she might be a bit different from others – but she does not feel she is not "normal". She knows techniques to use to calm herself and most of those involve food or cooking. So she spends a lot of time in the kitchen and is shocked to find out that if she makes recipes that are hand-written, she can meet with the ghosts of those people. Normally that might turn me off right there – but it was handled so well that I almost believed it could happen! What a wonderful novel – this isn't a story like any other I have read but yet it sure resonated with me! Excellent read!


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- Profile: Well, My name is Dennis, i am just one person who makes up "South Sider Studios". The rest of them are my friends who i have known since high school (some even sooner, i remember something about a tonka truck and the chicken pox). As you might be able to tell, i am still very new at Making Videos. I look at AMV's kind of like an art form for me. You will always find a little bit of me in each video.
Wish you were here - Well, it is essentially how I felt about my Ex-girlfriend the day i made it. which was also my 27th birthday. I related myself to Jet in that video. That is what i felt.
Naruto won't be ignored - I know how the kid feels.
Feel Good Naruto-kun - Uploaded the wrong file. :D
(Feel Good Naruto-kun) - I just had fun making that video. Epsecially when you can effectivly use the "1000 YEARS OF PAIN" in a video. I couldn't resist.
The original Kakashi - sensei - This is a video i made for the AMV contest at Anime Detour 2006.
This video gave all sorts of headaches. Even crashed my computer so hopefully it is all worth it in the end. YOSH!!!!
Konoha is walking in Circles - I made this video in about an hour. what i find strange is not alot people seem to get the joke.
Another Lee vs. Gaara video - I made this to show everyone how bad their LvG videos are. It was a good fight, but it wasn't the only fight in Naruto.
Kon as Chewbacca - This is a video I had alot of fun making. I am big fan Kevin Smith as well. So if you like Clerks, you will like this video.
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Kyuusaisha - This is a video that took about a year from conception to finished product. I poured my heart and soul into this video. Plus, it is a vast improvement compared to my other videos.
Counting Down the Days - This is a video that just drop on me from out of the sky. I was driving along one day and I heard this song on the my XM Radio and two things happened. First I immediately fell in love with the song, and I imagine this as a video set to Ai Yori Aoshi; an anime that I absolutely love to watch. Like peanut butter and jelly, this song and this anime belong together. It took me about four months to make this video, so I hope you enjoy watching it as much as I enjoyed making it.
Well, that is all that is up there now.
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Part of the mystery and terror of the Chernobyl disaster is the invisibility of the threat. The explosion at the Vladimir Ilyich Lenin nuclear power plant released more radiation than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima, and one might never know they were being poisoned until months, even years later. Veteran photographer Gerd Ludwig's spent 20 years photographing the area, chronicling the ongoing consequences of the radioactive release.
"You don't see it, you don't feel it, you don't smell it, you don't taste it, but it's there," he says. "It's around you, and that makes many people oblivious to the danger."
Ludwig has photographed the benighted reactor and the 18-mile exclusion zone surrounding it nine times in the last two decades. The photo book he's crowdfunding, The Long Shadow of Chernobyl, gathers the deeply affecting images he took and shows why the disaster, which occurred on April 26, 1986, remains relevant.
"I want to give a voice to those people that suffered this tragedy and still are suffering," Ludwig says.
The book, which started life on the iPad, is divided into four categories: the compromised reactor; the abandoned town of Pripyat about a mile away; the contaminated villages farther out; and the medical and emotional impact of the disaster in places like Belarus and Ukraine. The photos recount the still-unfolding narrative of the meltdown but remain fixed on the people involved: A man and child hospitalized with cancer, a 93-year-old woman who defied an evacuation order to live out her life at home, the tourists who venture among the ruins.
Beyond the looming threat of radiation, visits present a host of practical and bureaucratic hurdles and usually are limited to a few days at most. Accessing the reactor intensifies the risk, and the hassle, and Ludwig reckons he's gone deeper into the belly of the beast than any other Western photographer.
He first entered in 1993 on assignment for National Geographic. During another visit in 2005, he took advantage of the administrative confusion caused by the Orange Revolution to extend his stay to nearly two weeks. By the time he visited in 2011 and 2013, he was using Kickstarter and arts grants to help cover his expenses.
"They charged an incredible amount of money for access and transportation, simply because they can," he says. "There's no other way of getting entry than through the administration."
Ludwig's photos show the chaos the explosion created. Many were sharply limited by exposure to radiation. For example, a ghostly image of a ravaged room, its clock frozen at 1:23, had to be taken within six seconds, and only after pleading with his guides. In many cases, his camera gear was irradiated and needed to be washed or discarded before leaving the area.
"It's post-apocalyptic, you have this incredible adrenaline surge because you know you're entering an area that few have ever seen," Ludwig says. "You're stumbling along more than you go, along metal walkways that were built in there for easier and faster access, but all is full of radioactive debris and wires, and you have the people with you that push you on. It's a frantic atmosphere and you're trying to stay focused and photograph, but they tell you 'Ok, this was enough to take a picture.'"
Pripyat, at one point home to 50,000 people, is a ghost town. All around are signs of a hasty evacuation in which people left their entire lives behind. Further out, in the evacuated villages surrounding the plant, Ludwig found people who have defied the contamination and dire warnings of the risk. Several hundred have stayed, refusing to sever strong generational ties to their land.
"Soon the authorities turned a blind eye because they realized it was mostly the elderly who wanted to live out their lives on their contaminated soil rather than dying of a broken heart in an anonymous city suburb where they had been evacuated to," Ludwig says.
The cloud of radioactive particles that drifted northwest from the reactor reportedly reached as far as the UK (Swedish authorities were the first beyond Russia to notice a radiation spike). Southern Belarus bore the brunt of the fallout, and the book highlights some of those now suffering from thyroid cancer, one of the few diseases definitively linked to cesium radiation. It's a reminder of another level of vagueness in this disaster – it's nearly impossible to pin down its precise consequences.
"We can never trace back one disease to one single cause," Ludwig says. "Even the numbers of people who will eventually die of cancer related diseases caused by Chernobyl are disputed–the UN initially put the number at 4,000, then 6,000, then 8,000. Now they're at 9,000. Greenpeace and other reputable environmental agencies have put the numbers at 100,000 and more. Where the number really is, we will never know, because the 800,000 people that were brought in from all over the Soviet Union are dispersed back all over the former Soviet Republics. There is no record of who was there, who got sick and how. We will never know."
Ludwig was in Chernobyl in 2011 and his first Kickstarter campaign was well underway when the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster occurred. He says it prompted an increase in funding to his campaign as the scope, and the relevance, of his work gained new urgency.
"All of a sudden the people realized that an accident like Chernobyl can happen anywhere and anytime," he says.
The The Long Shadow of Chernobyl is an effort to make more people aware of the potential risk of nuclear energy. Ludwig's home country of Germany banned nuclear power in response to Fukushima, but many other nations remain committed to it. The benefits are easy to enumerate, but the potential consequences more difficult to specify. Chernobyl offers a long-term case study of what can happen when things go wrong. Ludwig sees his work as an effort to foster an informed discussion of the issue.
"We all want energy, we depend on energy," he says. "But we have to ask ourselves 'If a nuclear plant would go up in the vicinity of my home, how would I feel about it? That is the ultimate question people have to ask themselves."
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Paris: Simply Irresistible in Red, Black, and White
40 comments:
- Martina said...
Oh la la, so gorgeous these pictures! Am wandering through Paris in my mind. Have a happy weekend!
- May 28, 2011 at 12:32 AM
- Sienna said...
adore these paris pics
- May 28, 2011 at 1:00 AM
- classiq said...
A gorgeous post! You've described Paris so beautifully in images. Hope you have a fantastic weekend! :) Ada
- May 28, 2011 at 3:05 AM
- francis said...
Yours is the first one I visit in Anita's tour . I am happy to join you You have done a great job . Wonderful . Bon voyage !
- May 28, 2011 at 3:18 AM
- tinajo said...
GREAT pics!
You know; I actually did find the Poppies magazine (Martha Stewart) and it was lovely! :-)
- May 28, 2011 at 3:32 AM
- Bubbles said...
A lovely collection, I'd love to see this side of Paris, I last went when I was 12 and I didn't enjoy it at all... it felt dirty and dark.
- May 28, 2011 at 3:45 AM
- Castles Crowns and Cottages said...
Oh my goodness.....this is SIMPLY IRRESISTIBLE MY DEAR!!! AND YOU FOUND IMAGES IN THIS LOVELY ORANGE SIGNATURE SHADE OF YOURS!!! OH I AM SO IMPRESSED that you TOO love FOX TERRIERS! THEY ARE MY FAVORITE!!! When I was in Paris, I met up with one that inspired me to write my poem about a scrappy little guy on La Rue St. Honoré...it was pure magic being in Paris with my husband. Paris brings out the child in me to DREAM AND PLAY and thank YOU for playing along with me today. HAVE A BLAST VISITING EVERYONE if you can!!!! BISES and much affection, Anita
- May 28, 2011 at 3:52 AM
- Unknown said...
Oh paris, how I miss thee. I try to go to Paris every 6 months and this post just reminds me I need to go soon.
- May 28, 2011 at 5:06 AM
- flowersandhome said...
Paris? I have been there several times when I was still a student and maybe that's why the atmosphere hanging in the 'Quartier Latin' is what I loved most. Something else? Yeah! Mont Martre, all the artists, pretty views, great little corners; and Musée d'Orsay, not as big as the Louvre, which is a terrific museum, but again it's the atmosphere of places that always keep me by, even after all those years. I haven't been in Paris for such a very very very very VERY... TOO long time.
- May 28, 2011 at 11:26 AM
- Jonna said...
Amazing pics! Thanks for sharing :)
Jonna xx
- May 28, 2011 at 3:26 PM
- Life love, clutter and other beautiful things. said...
gorgeous!!! sums her up perfectly xox
- May 28, 2011 at 9:19 PM
- Karena said...
Oh I am so happy to see you at Anita's Paris Party!! It is so fun to see everyone's additions with such gorgeous images!!
Come and see my Paris post!
Art by Karena
- May 28, 2011 at 11:35 PM
- Marie Söderberg said...
onjour min ami !! What a great Paris tour this is:)))I LOOOOVE your posts..your have really .
I have had som problems leaving comments ..Huge problems at blogger for the moment..dont like..hope this message will come to yout..welcome to visit me // Marie
- May 29, 2011 at 2:04 AM
- A Plum By Any Other Name said...
You had me at Paris. Then then those pops of red were just the cherry on top. And the back of that black dress ... mon dieu!
- May 29, 2011 at 4:51 AM
- About Last Weekend said...
Paris is everything you ever thought it would be and more. The first time I ever saw the Eiffel Tower, it was so iconic I could barely believe how beautiful it was...
- May 29, 2011 at 11:15 AM
- cb said...
i love paris! i would love to go back now that i am older and do some exploring on my bike and of course wear black and white stripes and a splash of red!
- May 29, 2011 at 11:46 AM
- Karena said...
Wonderful to see you at Anita's Paris Party!!
I hope you will visit my Paris post!
Also on the 1st I will start an unbelievable Giveaway, very fashionable!
Art by Karena
- May 29, 2011 at 2:11 PM
- Diana Mieczan said...
Oh la la! What a beautiful post and I wish I could be in Paris right now having a lovely coffee in one of those amazing cafes! Happy Monday, my dear
- May 30, 2011 at 6:21 AM
- Dee said...
That's an awesome collection of all things lovely in Paris!
Indeed a memorable place :)
- May 30, 2011 at 9:11 AM
- Joyti said...
What a beautiful post. Paris is really a special city, I'm sure...
Hope you have a lovely Memorial weekend.
- May 30, 2011 at 1:31 PM
- Madeleine Roberts said...
Oh I heart Paris!! I love all the images you featured. It captures the essence of the city perfectly.
- May 30, 2011 at 1:43 PM
- Diana said...
Love all of these photos! Some day I dream of going to Paris and Italy too! I hope you had a lovely weekend my friend <3
- May 30, 2011 at 3:31 PM
- shopgirl said...
You do make Paris look stunning Shawna!
Thanks for leaving such supporting comments! You rock! xoxo
- May 31, 2011 at 6:01 AM
- Annie said...
Shawna, you are reminding me of how much I'm dying to get to Paris! Love love love this stream of images.
Hope you had a wonderful long weekend!! xo
- May 31, 2011 at 7:51 AM
- A Casa da Vá said...
You are killing me with all those gorgeous photos! I am almost buying a ticket right now - isn't that the reason we have credit cards?! Seriously wanting to go and witness what Paris is all about, thank you for the lovely inspiration...
Hugs & kisses from Rio!
- May 31, 2011 at 12:16 PM
- Alicia@ eco friendly homemaking said...
Oh my goodness these pictures are just awesome! Love that white dress.
- May 31, 2011 at 3:16 PM
- THE ALTERNATIVE WIFE said...
Oh sweetie these are all so gorgeous and dreamy! Thanks for taking me to Paris today :)
Hope you had a wonderful Memorial Day weekend! xoxo
- May 31, 2011 at 4:42 PM
- THE ALTERNATIVE WIFE said...
These images are just gorgeous sweetie! I'm so dreaming of being in Paris right now. Thanks for taking me on a little trip :) xoxo
- May 31, 2011 at 4:45 PM
- stylenuggets said...
I think my image of Paris is based on Hollywood and books and our visit there. Oh and the yummy macarons I had last night!
- May 31, 2011 at 5:29 PM
- MapleandVine said...
I havent been to Paris yet but it is definitely on my wish list ! great photo finds :)
- May 31, 2011 at 7:07 PM
- lauren said...
beautiful collection of photos. i've never been to paris, but is absolutely beautiful.
the bitch is back...
- May 31, 2011 at 10:48 PM
- yaga said...
Oh Gods, these pictures are gorgeous! Paris truly doesn't leave anyone cold, does it? ;o)
- June 1, 2011 at 2:39 AM
- k said...
I agree with all of your paris things :) I just love the cafe's and sitting outside in the sun and people watching the best!
- June 1, 2011 at 3:57 AM
- Lisa Lisa Lisa said...
Those pictures are all beautiful and I would wear every single one of those dresses...
I've never been to Paris, but one day, I will. And I'll just LOVE it.. I can tell.
- June 1, 2011 at 4:05 PM
- hi-d said...
Lovely images! I participated as well in the link party. So fun!
Hope you're having a great week!
- June 2, 2011 at 7:57 AM
- DolceDreams said...
This is the most gorgeous post! LOVE your picture choices, just beautiful!!!
- June 2, 2011 at 5:04 PM
Poppie Girl, it's me gi gi :)
I had to log into my other blog ( the one with my Jeremy) to comment! I am beyond frustrated with my blogger, ugh! I have been to the help page, tried some things and still nothing! I don't know what to do!
Anyway, I have been missing you like crazy! It has been a super busy week on top of the not being able to comment!
How's your week going! You need to catch me up!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE your Paris post! Very Poppie Girl!!!!
A Big Smooch and lots of love!
gi gi
- June 2, 2011 at 9:16 PM
- jillian :: cornflake dreams. said...
j'adore this post! what gorgeous photos :)
xoxo jillian:: enter to win a leigh viner print!
- June 3, 2011 at 11:59 AM
- HOGGER + Co. said...
That 6th photograph....ahh maaa zing!!!
- June 5, 2011 at 11:30 AM
- Gloria said...
Amazing images!!! Makes me wish I was in Paris right now!!! :) LOVE these beautiful scenes!
Have a wonderful day!
- June 5, 2011 at 1:16 PM


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The Visual Thesaurus Crossword Puzzle: October Edition
For the October edition of the Visual Thesaurus crossword puzzle, we've got a spooky Halloween theme. Figure out the hidden word chain and you could win a Visual Thesaurus T-shirt!
As in previous months, this crossword relies on how the Visual Thesaurus links from one word to another to form a chain of synonyms. Use the Visual Thesaurus word maps to figure out how one step links to the next. You'll find that the first and last steps in the chain, when taken together, form a phrase that's appropriate for Halloween.
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An important ongoing trend for automation and control over the past decade has been the convergence of machine control systems on fewer pieces of control hardware. As Moore's Law has continued to do its thing with processing power, and distributed network-based systems have emerged to link in processing power from intelligent devices, system architectures (in terms of hardware controllers) have been converging.
While the functionality of standalone motion and IO controllers has often been gobbled up, machine controllers have increasingly been converging on the operator panel. The lowly operator panel -- once a complex set of pushbuttons used as a dumb terminal -- has gone through many transformations. Now we're moving into a new era with touchscreen interfaces and operator panels that can serve as the main machine controller in some applications.
Along with the hardware shift and the centralization of processing power at the operator panel, we have the separate phenomenon of a changing role of the HMI. The operator interface is now often viewed as the dashboard for the machine, and the influence of consumer technology from smartphones and tablets is unleashing a new wave of software approaches.
At the Pack Expo to be held Sept. 25-26 in Las Vegas, B&R Automation is planning to highlight the Automation PC 910 , a new industrial PC that uses the latest third-generation Intel Core i technology. The device is a multi-touch panel with the form factor of an oversized iPad, as you can see in the photo above. These kinds of interfaces are bringing a different approach to operator interface panel design.
A General Electric whitepaper (registration required) offers an excellent discussion about how these technology shifts and advanced software solutions are also changing the operator's role. The way operators perform their work is evolving from a purely functional role to a more strategic, decision-making one that relies on more information about the manufacturing process.
The modern operator has evolved into a multi-faceted employee, which has drastically increased the role's responsibilities as a "generalist," solving problems in real time and not specifically being an expert in merely one section of the process. Today, the operator is one of the key members of the team, and enhancing the efficiency of this role through improved operator response provides a critical advantage.
Operators have always been experts in the operation of specific machinery because of their hands-on experience with the process accumulated over time. With some companies getting operators more experience on different machines within a plant, one goal has been to make them more generalists, so they can collectively share information with co-workers and automatically transform data into information.
With systems now being deployed with heavy input from the operator and evolving into intelligent, analytical systems, the whitepaper concludes there is also a need to provide value-added information to users and not just data for visibility. Going into the future, collaboration will be more important, and so will interoperability standards within software suites to achieve faster rollouts and more flexibility on module selection across vendors.
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RULost2? and I are in New Hampshire for a couple of days of shopping/geocaching/shopping, etc. The weather is great, I've got some Sierra Nevada Pale Ale on ice, so after reading the messages in this thread and being mighty tempted to say someone, I'm gonna just say that if Andy needs any help, I'll be glad to assist. Now I'm going to open a beer and go on to something else.
because of the topic not being of the purpose of the thread i am closing this thread a new one will be open soon to discuss the 2011 coin.
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DailyDirt: Working The Crowd...
from the urls-we-dig-up deptCrowdfunding and crowdsourcing has been a popular area of experimentation for the last few years, but people still haven't quite figured out how best to work a crowd. Some projects are insanely successful. Other projects seem to fall far short of their goals. Here are just a few examples of projects that could use some help.
- A crowdfunded report on gun research might not get full funding on Microryza. The campaign ends soon, so if you want to see more independent research on gun statistics, pony up! [url]
- Galaxy Zoo is a crowdsourced astronomy project to classify the numerous newly-discovered galaxies seen by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and Hubble Space Telescope. The project started in 2007, and over 150,000 volunteers have helped categorize millions of galaxies. [url]
- The Archon Genomics X Prize challenges teams to sequence 100 complete human genomes in 30 days. The genomes belong to centenarians, but it doesn't look like many teams want to compete for the prize. [url]
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Pile of human remains that Rick and co. ran by right before they went into that tribute room,
I was surprised at all the little things I caught during the episode. Pile of human remains that Rick and co. ran by right before they went into that tribute room, and Apple Store Employee saying something about "joining together makes us stronger" when distributing the food. Cannibals confirmed. Also the discussion about the Rabbit trap foreshadowing Terminus. Oh, and the Terminus people calling Rick and co. by nicknames. Goes back to earlier when Rick told Carl not to name the pigs since they'd have to eat them eventually.
Oh and what was up with that doofus who got swarmed by those Zombies in the woods? How did he last that long? I mean he had at least a few minutes to, ya know, run away from that hoard in just about any direction instead of standing there like an idiot swinging his stick in a circle.
So many unanswered questions though, mainly where are Beth and Carol/Tyreese.
That bag of guns out in the woods will have to play a part in all of this. And where are Carol and Tyreese? Watching all of this from the trees?
#4 - In the last episode with Carol and Tyrese, the girls see a stack of smoke followed by a swarm of freshly cooked zombies. Any thoughts on where they came from?
#1 - why do they allow Rick's group to reclaim their weapons when they first get there? Why not just pop up with the guns right away and force them to the box car? Seems like a lot of wasted bullets and maze running just to disarm them and get them in a car, when they could have put the drop on them and done the same thing.
#3 - That bone pit/slaughter pen and Tasha Yar serving fresh cooked meat sure seems to support the cannibal theory. "joining together makes us stronger?" Ish. I bet the food she is cooking has sedatives and that's how they knocked out Glenn's group. The last line in the show is directly from the comic, so that was a nice clue thrown to the comic fans I think.
Almost makes me wonder if the show is putting off having to move locale to Virginia as long as possible.
Quote from: Diddly on March 31, 2014, 05:50 AM Pile of human remains that Rick and co. ran by right before they went into that tribute room, I have no idea how I missed that...
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Animal activists have for decades railed against the meat industry for its inhumane treatment of animals on factory farms. More recently, environmentalists have attacked intensive livestock farming because of its contribution to global greenhouse gases and its degradation of soil, water and air. Health advocates have piled on with warnings about the serious detrimental effects of the overconsumption of meat.
Yet, despite all the protest campaigns, all the alarming scientific reports and all the worthy editorials in respected journals, no one, least of all government, seems willing to restrain the relentless growth of the factory farm model, which has been adopted around the world. With global meat consumption projected to increase 73 per cent by 2050, any effort to curtail the negative consequences of meat production seems ultimately hopeless.
But maybe not.
It appears someone has been listening to all the evidence accumulating against meat production and has seen not only the threat it represents, but also the opportunity. That someone is billionaire Bill Gates. And he's just one capitalist entrepreneur whose not-so-invisible hand is behind an embryonic high-tech industry that might help save billions of animals from suffering and slaughter.
In February, Bloomberg BusinessWeek magazine reported that Gates is among several investors and venture capitalists supporting Silicon Valley startups working on "sustainable food innovation" — new firms creating imitation meat and eggs that are not only animal-friendly, but are also cheaper, better for the environment and just as tasty.
Referred to as eco-food innovators, the companies are using plant-based ingredients to mimic the texture and taste of animal products, along with their properties in food production. For example, one start-up, Hampton Creek Foods, has created a product called Beyond Eggs, which performs the same function as eggs in baking without compromising the taste or quality of mass-produced baked goods. What's more, the company says the product will be about 19 per cent cheaper than real eggs, is healthier and has a longer shelf-life. In a taste test, Gates reportedly could not tell the difference between a muffin made with real eggs and one made with Beyond Eggs.
A reduction in the need for mass-produced eggs would decrease the need for millions of hens raised in cruel battery cages, one of the worst examples of factory farm cruelty.
Other new firms are focusing on meat replacements and have also attracted venture capital. One, Beyond Meat (backed by Twitter founders Biz Stone and Evan Williams), is already selling faux chicken that has fooled food writers in blind taste tests. Another, Sand Hill Foods, is using novel technologies that it claims will make products "substantially cheaper and every bit as good and essentially indistinguishable to a consumer who loves meat or dairy."
These companies, which use plant-based ingredients, are in a race with another methodology aiming to replace at least some conventional livestock production. Known as in vitro meat, the process involves "growing" meat from animal cells. One start-up, Modern Meadow, has taken the concept further, proposing to use three-dimensional bio-printing to literally print meat from cells, layer by layer.
The new eco-food innovators come after already successful producers of meat alternatives, such as Turtle Island Foods (Tofurky) and B.C.'s own Gardein. The newcomers, however, claim their products will be so close to the real thing they will win over meat-eaters, as well as vegetarians.
Clearly, all this investment in alternatives to meat production is not being driven purely by altruism or a soft spot for mother hens and doe-eyed calves, but there is an understanding that factory farming is unsustainable. As one investor, Amol Deshpande of venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, told media: "We have to find a way to replace animals as a source of protein. I don't think the climate can subsist … with the amount of livestock that we have."
And Gates clearly understands the need for the food industry to change. Last year, in a video interview he told venture capitalist Vinod Khosla (in whose fund he invests): "To make these things that are cheaper, probably more healthy, less cruelty involved, less greenhouse gas emissions — it's quite a phenomenal thing … The fact that innovation will give (us) equivalent (food) without those negative effects at lower prices is an amazing example of how linear projection misses what innovators using science will be able to do." When billionaires see "less cruelty" as a good investment, animal advocates have reason to be hopeful.
Peter Fricker is projects and communications director at the Vancouver Humane Society.


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This study identifies the role and benefits of spatial planning, the particular challenges vis-à-vis spatial planning that face countries in transition, its key principles, the division of roles and responsibilities, the main stages in the process of developing spatial plans, and priority actions for countries in transition.
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There's been a lot of talk in these first few days of the new legislative session about agriculture and the new DFL majority moving agriculture finance into a larger Environment, Natural Resources, and Agriculture Finance Committee. DFLers have been accused of being anti-agriculture, and Rep. Jean Wagenius, a longtime legislator, has been personally attacked.
DFLers, including Rep. Wagenius, have done a great deal for agriculture and greater Minnesota. In 2011, they stood against the elimination of the Homestead Credit, which caused property taxes on agricultural land to soar by nearly 11 percent, to the tune of $52 million. This year, DFLers have introduced new legislation to expand the Homeowner Property Tax Refund.
When the GOP decided to cut funding to a milk grant program for food shelves, a Farmer's Market Nutrition program for needy women and children, a Dairy Development Program, and the Agricultural Utilization Research Institute, DFLers on the Ways and Means Committee - including Rep. Wagenius - identified additional funding to backfill many of the cuts.
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Game #11: Tigers at Blue Jays pregame
Detroit (6-4) at Toronto (6-4)
at 1:07 p.m. ET at the Rogers Centre
Today's lineups:
Curtis Granderson, CF
Ivan Rodriguez, C
Gary Sheffield, DH
Magglio Ordonez, RF
Carlos Guillen, SS
Sean Casey, 1B
Craig Monroe, LF
Brandon Inge, 3B
Omar Infante, 2B
PITCHING: RHP Chad Durbin
Alex Rios, RF
Adam Lind, LF
Vernon Wells, CF
Frank Thomas, DH
Lyle Overbay, 1B
Gregg Zaun, C
Aaron Hill, 2B
Jason Smith, 3B
Royce Clayton, SS
PITCHING: RHP A.J. Burnett
NOTES: The Jays are going to rest 3B Troy Glaus through the weekend and wait until after the off-day on Monday to see if he'll be able to get back in the lineup on Tuesday. If his tight hamstring or sore heel is still an issue, Toronto will re-evaluate his situation at that point. … LF Reed Johnson (herniated disc in lower back) flew to Florida on Saturday to see a spine specialist. It's not clear how long Johnson could be out. … Jays manager John Gibbons is considering flip-flopping Lind (left-handed hitter) and Hill (right-handed) in the No. 2 spot of the lineup against righties and lefties, respectively.


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Weekly food rail, with items on food dislikes, an easy gouda-and-pork-chop recipe and more.
The presidential candidates were recently asked the most important question of the campaign: What food do you hate to eat? Here's what the candidates told The Associated Press:
Hillary Clinton: "I like nearly everything. I don't like, you know, things that are still alive."
John Edwards: "I can't stand mushrooms. I don't want them on anything that I eat."
Rudy Giuliani: "Liver."
Mike Huckabee: "Carrots. I just don't like carrots. I banned them from the governor's mansion when I was governor of Arkansas because I could."
John McCain: "I eat almost everything. Sometimes I don't do too well with vegetables."
Barack Obama: "Beets, and I always avoid eating them."
Mitt Romney: "Eggplant, in any shape or form. And I've always been able to avoid it."
Critic's Cupboard: Kellogg's K20 Protein Water Mix
Poured into a bottle of water, each single-serve packet of powder is meant to take the edge off hunger between meals. Flavors are strawberry kiwi, iced tea and pink lemonade. A packet has 30 calories, 5 grams of fiber and 5 grams of protein. The testers, who tasted the strawberry kiwi flavor, found the taste "sickeningly sweet" and wondered about the need for the product. "If I want protein, I'll eat a cheese stick and hard-boiled egg." "I like to use my protein calories on something to eat." "A big glass of plain water helps curb my appetite." Would they buy it? No, they all said. –- State Journal-Register
Easy Recipe: Pork Chops Stuffed with Smoked Gouda and Bacon
2 ounces smoked Gouda cheese, shredded
4 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled
1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
2 (2 1/4 inch thick) center-cut, bone-in pork chops
1 teaspoon olive oil
1/4 teaspoon salt
Ground black pepper
Preheat an outdoor grill for medium heat. In a small bowl, combine the cheese, bacon, parsley, and 1/8 teaspoon black pepper. Lay the chop flat on cutting board, and with a sharp knife held parallel to the board, cut a pocket into the pork, going all the way to the bone, but leaving the sides intact. Stuff cheese mixture into pocket, and close with a wooden toothpick. Brush meat with oil, and season with salt and more black pepper. Lightly oil the grill grate. Grill over medium heat for 5 to 8 minutes on each side, or until pork is done. Careful not to overcook! (You also can use boneless chops and make these in pan instead of the grill.) -- Allrecipes.com
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Calories in a one portion (about eight chips) of nachos with cheese and jalapenos. -- www.thecaloriecounter.com
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Khachapuri (kah-chah-POOR-ee): Similar to the Italian calzone, khachapuri is a yeast-dough "package" filled with cheese and baked until the bread is golden and the cheese is melted and bubbly. This Russian specialty hails from Georgia and comes in various forms, from round to football-shaped, and from a simple and flat to that of a pleated-turban design. It's generally served hot or at room temperature. -- www.epicurious.com
From The Beer Nut's Blog
I pride myself on not making fun of a beer until I actually try the beer. … Recently, though, I broke my personal rule. I repeatedly made fun of the new Budweiser & Clamato Chelada and Bud Light & Clamato Chelada from Anheuser-Busch. I figured there was no way this could be good. But how did I really know this? I never had Clamato. So I decided to test the products myself.
I first tried the Budweiser & Clamato Chelada. It comes in a 16-ounce can. … It was red, but not a deep, ruby red like pure tomato juice. It stunk of a mixture of beer, tomatoes and something I could not place. It was the taste that was hard to get by. It was just bad. Beer, tomatoes, lime, salt and clam juice just don't mix well. It seems like all of the tastes were fighting each other, using your tongue as a battlefield and leaving your taste buds begging for help. … Next, I moved on to the Bud Light & Clamato Chelada. It was much of the same, with the beer taste being overtaken a bit more by the Clamato. I drank another 4 to 6 ounces and poured the rest out. -- For more beer-related articles, visit Norman Miller's blog at http://blogs.townonline.com/beernut.
Wine Tips: Letting a Red Wine Breath
Letting a wine breathe means that you expose the wine to the air to help start the exchange of wine molecules with air molecules. This has an affect on the wine's flavor as well as making it easier to smell.
Decanting is all about removing sediment from a wine and allowing the wine to breathe. These are things that older red wines do -- young wines and white wines do not usually have to be decanted.
If you're going to create a positive affect on the wine, you have to create a large surface area for the wine and air to react across. This is where decanting comes into play. Decanters are deliberately designed to expose large amounts of wine to the air. This helps the wine "wake up" and start to have a full aroma after years of being in the bottle. -- WineIntro.com.
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FERNDALE, Mich. – A 34-year-old Missouri woman was arrested Tuesday for allegedly slapping a teacher at a school in Ferndale.
Police said Leandra Creer, of Kansas City, Mo., is facing charges of assault and battery for the incident at Webb Elementary School.
Although part of the Hazel Park School District, the school is on Woodward Heights near Hilton in Ferndale.
Police said a teacher at the school noticed Creer, who was wearing pajama bottoms, and asked her what she was doing there. Creer told the teacher she was there to take a student to lunch and mentioned a name the teacher had never heard of, police said.
When the teacher asked Creer to follow normal visitor procedure and check in at the school's office, police said Creer refused and kept walking.
When the teacher went to the office to report Creer, Creer confronted her and slapped her in the face, police said.
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Dormer Windows
Dormer windows are an important feature of many traditional buildings. These typical examples of craftsmanship give a particular character to roof scapes and are a handsome and practical means of getting light into attics, bringing them to better use.
The dormer window was developed as a means of bringing daylight into the attics of larger cottages. Set on top of the long side walls, they lit the central part of the roof-space not reached by light from gable-end casements. Dormers with a gabled front were the most common pattern, being used throughout the seventeenth and much of the eighteenth century. However, with the arrival of a more classically inspired building at the beginning of the eighteenth century, hipped dormers became a popular alternative.
Older dormers often retain original detailing which Practical Roofing, Bilston endeavour to preserve when repairs are made or the structure rebuilt. Some details are very local, often only seen on buildings in a group of villages.
Timber dormer windows are often quite simple in their basic construction, being built from heavy timber sections designed to remain exposed around the window opening. The window head would be protected, sometimes by setting the face of the gable forward of the window plane, and often by the use of slate, tile or lead hanging on the gable and on the 'cheeks', the sides of the dormer, where they would often project beyond the front corner posts. Render and lead are popular and attractive materials for the gable and cheeks. Dormers can be built in three possible locations on the roof:
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To keep visitors inspired after experiencing the exhibit and encourage others to attend, IBM also announced free science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) lesson plans for middle and high school science teachers, along with a companion app for Apple iPads and 10" Android tablets. The lesson plans enable teachers to use the IBM THINK exhibit content to help students understand the process of innovation, while the THINK Exhibit app brings those lessons to life.
The THINK exhibit engages visitors through a unique combination of experiences. They include a 40-foot "gesture wall" that reveals the ebb and flow of data in our daily lives through colorful visualizations of information such as traffic, solar energy and air quality IBM is also providing game stations, an inspirational film about making the world work better, and a self-guided interactive tour. The exhibit shows how progress is made possible by a combination of people and technology, and by the purposeful way humans have approached the process of innovation.
"During the past century, IBM has played a key role in making the world work better," said
Lee Green, VP Brand Experience and Strategic Design at IBM. "The THINK exhibit features stories and engaging experiences that appeal to Epcot guests from around the world."
The new exhibit is based on IBM's 2011 THINK pop-up exhibit at New York's Lincoln Center, developed for the company's Centennial.
STEM Lessons on Innovation
To put the concepts of IBM THINK into practice, IBM worked with the New York Hall of Science to develop STEM lessons plans, now available for free online on Teachers TryScience, to inspire students to act as innovators in their daily lives. Their release intentionally coincides with Engineers Week, an annual program created by the National Engineers Week Foundation to inspire current and future generations to pursue study and careers in science and engineering.
The educational material is brought to life by apps based on the THINK exhibit. Through thousands of images and historical anecdotes, the IBM Think exhibit app tells stories of the history of progress, from space exploration to weather prediction and medical advances.
The lesson plans and apps help students better understand some of the scientific concepts behind the THINK exhibit and inspire them to be innovators.
"The THINK lessons provide an engaging way to enable students to learn STEM concepts in a real-world context," said Danielle Miller, Astronomy and Physical Science Teacher at University High School in Florida. "The THINK app and lessons have made my students see the process of innovation in a way they never have before. THINK has helped my students become scientists."
Some of the THINK lessons include:
- THINK: The Process of Innovation – Provides an overview of the concept and process of innovation, using the THINK app
- Fight the Flu -- Introduces students to the science of epidemiology including factors associated with the spread and prevention of disease
The lessons are featured on Teachers Try Science, a free, critically acclaimed web site that provides middle and high school science educators with high quality lessons integrated with practical and engaging teaching techniques. The process of discovery used in the material encourages students to see, map, understand, believe and act on knowledge. More lessons will be released in Spring 2013.
About INNOVENTIONS at Epcot
INNOVENTIONS is located in the heart of Epcot at the Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Creativity and imagination abound as guests celebrate inspiration and the innovations that improve their lives and expand their horizons. Hands-on, interactive exhibits allow children and adults to be immersed into ideas that inform, entertain and inspire. For more information on INNOVENTIONS, visit www.innoventions.disney.com.
For more information about the IBM THINK exhibit, visit:
- Citizen IBM Blog
- IBM Smarter Planet blog
- www.ibm.com/think
- Twitter: Join the conversation at #IBM #THINK
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Note to Editors: Broadcast-quality and streaming video of the IBM THINK exhibit is available at http://www.thenewsmarket.com/ibm1 Photos are available via the Associated Press Photo Network and on the Internet at Feature Photo Service's link through http://www.newscom.com
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On February 20, 2013, IBM inaugurated its IBM THINK exhibit at INNOVENTIONS West at Epcot at Walt Disney World Resort. The exhibit shows visitors how technology and systematic inquiry lead to progress and innovation. Shown here is Lee Green, IBM VP Strategic Design and Brand Experience, who designed the exhibit. To extend the experience, IBM also announced a free app for iPad or Android tablet computers as well as free science, technology, engineering and math lesson plans for teachers on www.TeachersTryScience.org More information can be found here: www.ibm.com/think (Credit: Ralph Appelbaum Associates)
On February 20, 2013, IBM inaugurated its IBM THINK exhibit at INNOVENTIONS West at Epcot at Walt Disney World Resort. The exhibit shows visitors how technology and systematic inquiry lead to progress and innovation. To extend the experience, IBM also announced a free app for iPad or Android tablet computers as well as free science, technology, engineering and math lesson plans for teachers on www.TeachersTryScience.org Shown here are teachers David Muir and Rebecca Green testing the free, hands-on lesson plans. More information can be found at www.ibm.com/think (Credit: Terry Cuffel, Corporate Visual Services)
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Not a Veg-head
Hi! Hopefully my title drew you here to see my Greetings! =)
It's true. I won't claim to be a vegetarian, BUT I've gone two weeks without meat just because and I really love vegetarian food. I don't feel much like having any meat right now, I've never really cared to eat Lots of it, and lately...my meat seems to make animal sounds at me. :( [what's up with that]
But anyway, lets see where it takes me! Again, Hi! Gimme More Veggies please! =)
Hey Gimme! I don't know how old you are, or even your gender, but if you check out the research, you will find that a vegan and even a vegetarian has a better shot at enjoying a healthy, comfortable (and yes, sexy) old age. Old age meaning what, 35? No, lets say 60, 70, 80 or 90. So, happy reading. The more you read, the more you will be convinced that life without consumption of animal or fish flesh, abstaining from eating any part of the menstrual cycle of the chicken, and leaving cow's milk to baby cows is the way to make your golden years, well, golden!


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Encompassing parts of Jackson Heights, Elmhurst, East Elmhurst, Rego Park, Woodside and Corona, the district represents large Latino, African-American and South Asian communities, not to mention a variety of other, smaller ethnic enclaves.
Each group has different needs, though of course many overlap (affordable housing, safe streets, economic opportunities and improved schools, are some).
It takes a special elected official to serve such a broad constituency, someone with a wide range of professional experience and personal compassion.
Daniel Dromm is that rare, one-of-a-kind politician, and so this paper is endorsing his bid for City Council.
Dromm is running against Councilwoman Helen Sears and Stanley Kalathara.
Endorsing a challenger over an incumbent means something.
It means, in this case, that Dromm already has in place the political relationships, skills, and far-reaching vision to take over where Sears has left off, without missing a beat, and actually improve upon her record.
Dromm is no novice to city politics or community organizing. He is the reigning Democratic District Leader in the 39th Assembly District, a position he was elected to in 2002. He has since won re-election three times.
He is a member of several community organizations, and an award-winning public school teacher. Dromm, who is gay, founded the Queens LGBT Pride Parade and Festival 15 years ago and runs it proudly to this day.
His long career in the community has won him many friends; Dromm's name, especially in Jackson Heights, where he is most recognized as an effective community advocate, carries weight. Dromm's inch-by-inch knowledge of the district rivals, if not surpasses, that of Sears. He speaks excellent Spanish, a certain job requirement of City Council members in years to come.
Simply put, he understands the district's most pressing issues - from over-crowded schools to the abundance of crime along Roosevelt Avenue - and in each case has a fairly specific plan of action.
In comparison, Sears, who is seeking a third term, appears slightly out of touch with her constituency. To be sure, she has done some good work, in health care especially. But after eight years in office, she has begun making mistakes that Dromm would avoid.
For example, Sears recently proposed creating a "vendor-free zone" in the district to cut down on street vendors, who she said are eating into the profits of struggling, storefront small businesses.
That claim is in dispute, in what has become a hot-button issue of late. Regardless, Sears' blanket, one-size-fits-all approach to the issue betrayed a thoughtlessness, or at the least an inattention to detail, that could prove dangerous in a third term in office.
On this and other issues Dromm - who supports regulating street vendors but not eliminating them entirely - takes a more nuanced view, which is essential in a district with myriad competing interests. (Of the three, Kalathara had the best, most comprehensive ideas on tackling street vendor problems).
Which isn't necessarily to say that Sears should disappear from public service. Her obvious interest in promoting the arts, not only in her district but throughout the city, would serve her well as the driving force behind a nonprofit or other community organization, as would her strong background in health care.
However, if elected, Dromm would bring the exact combination of new ideas, credibility and experience the district needs.
Improving the quality of life, the living standards and overall well-being of residents in the 25th District is a major undertaking. Dromm is up for the challenge.


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I have almost no working knowledge of vbscripting, java scripting or anything of the sort, and am simply looking to find out if it is possible or workable to pull data from a url such as;
and place certain text inside of a text document.
the sample text that i would want is any appearances between <title> and </title> (The actual twitter update at the hashtag in question)
the idea would be to set this script to automatically update the text file every 10-15 minutes.
From there i can pull the data out of the text file and use it in our digital signage system during events.
I know that someone prior to me being here wrote a simply program to find lottery numbers from this website;
and from this they only grabbed the first two digits from the jackpot numbers, so i have that programming i could start working from.
any help that anyone could provide would be greatly appreciated.